William Hookham Carpenter

William Hookham Carpenter (1792–1866) was a British antiquary, and Keeper of Prints at the British Museum.

William Hookham Carpenter
William Hookham Carpenter by his wife
Born1792
London
Died1866
British Museum
NationalityBritish
EmployerBritish Museum
SpouseMargaret Geddes

Biography

Carpenter was born in Bruton Street, London on 2 March 1792. He was the son of James Carpenter, a bookseller in Old Bond Street. In 1817 Carpenter married Margaret Sarah Geddes who was a noted portrait-painter, as Margaret Sarah Carpenter. He tried painting and publishing but eventually found employment as the Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. He purchased a number of notable drawings including some by Michelangelo and Raphael.

Carpenter died at the British Museum[1] in July 1866 and was buried with his wife Margaret (d.1872) and daughter, Henrietta (d.1895), on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.[2] The grave (plot no. 14768) no longer has a headstone.

William and Margaret's children included two noted painters, another William and Percy Carpenter who both travelled.[3]

References
  1. Carpenter, William Hookham (1887). "Carpenter, William Hookham" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 09. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 182. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. The Golden Temple at Amritsar, William Carpenter, Feb. 1854, Victoria and Albert Museum, ref IS.50-1882. Retrieved July 2010


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